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Back Issue #147 October 2023 (magazine review).
As you can likely discern from the cover of this ‘Back Issue’, the spotlight is firmly on George Pérez. Given the length of…
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Starter Villain by John Scalzi (book review).
‘Starter Villain’ by John Scalzi is a standalone near-future science fiction action thriller with a significant dose of humour. Former journalist Charlie Fitzer…
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IDW Publishing at New York Comicon 2023
IDW PUBLISHING BRINGS SIGNINGS, PORTFOLIO REVIEWS, LIVE SKETCHING, EXCLUSIVE VARIANTS AND MORE TONEW YORK COMIC CON 2023 IDW IS SET TO BRING MORE…
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The Exorcist: Believer, Mark Kermode’s horror film review (video).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, is here to bring you his film review of the original new horror production, The Exorcist:…
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The Artificial Man And Other Stories by Clare Winger Harris (book review).
As I recently noted in another review, Clare Winger Harris (1891-1968) was the first female science fiction author to sell stories under her…
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Krull: when swamps, cyclops, and alien invaders collide (scifi film retrospective).
Krull, that flamboyant 1983 science fantasy swashbuckler, is an extravagant cinematic mélange that echoes through the annals of film history with the subtlety…
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Back Issue #13 December 2005 (magazine review).
I recently had the good fortune to obtain the 13th issue of ‘Back Issue’. Although its cover, which is dedicated to romance comics,…
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Neo’s Cleaning Service (short science fiction film: full video).
Neo’s Cleaning Service by McFloyd Nguyen is a speculative plunge into a dystopian vortex where cleaning is not merely about sparkling floors and…
ReviewFantasy
Under The Smokestrewn Sky (Up-And-Under Quartet Vol. 4) by A. Deborah Baker (book review).
Coming to the end of a sequence of books can either give a sense of satisfaction of a well-rounded conclusion or leave the…
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Season Of Skulls (book 3 of The New Management, a Laundry Files novel, book 12) by Charles Stross.
It’s not often I start a book review with an apology, but I do now. In my review of the ‘Quantum Of Nightmares’,…
ReviewScifi
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul/Aug 2023, Volume 145 #768 (magazine review).
There was a time when it was common to note the number of recurring authors that appeared in magazines. Admittedly, there were fewer…
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Androne by Dwain Worrell (book review).
In short, ‘Androne’ is a pretty darn good for a first novel. Set in the near future, Dwain Worrell imagines a world where…